Ever since the Wright Brothers made aviation history in 1903 with a Mobiloil in their plane's four-cylinder engine, aviators have been using our lubricants.

And when Wiley Post became the first aviator to circle the globe solo, his aircraft's engine was also lubricated with our oil.

By the time commercial aviation entered the jet age in the late 1950s, our synthetic oils were leading the way, lubricating the engines and accessories of military aircraft and the first passenger jets.

General aviation consists of agricultural, business, charter, instructional, and pleasure flying; it includes such activities as the operation of air taxis, as well as aerial surveying and mapping.

At first aviation development was motivated by the large prizes put up by publicity-seeking newspapers; but the outbreak of World War I in 1914 provided far greater motivation for aviation research and development (see air forces.

The cessation of hostilities made available a large number of aircraft that could be bought cheaply, and the result was a great deal of aviation activity; barnstorming and stunt-flying kept aviation before the eyes of the public for a time, but the real stimulus was the initiation of airmail service in the mid-1920s.

The panhandle town would come to be known as the "Cradle of Naval Aviation," and to this day all prospective U.S. naval aviators receive a portion of their training there.

Sather became the first naval aviator killed in action during the Vietnam War, while Alvarez was taken captive, the first prisoner of war of the North Vietnamese.

From a personnel standpoint, one noteworthy change was the introduction of women to the ranks of naval aviators and naval flight officers, as Lieutenant (jg) Barbara Allen became the first to earn her wings in February 1974.

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Aviation Maintenance(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)

During this period, Cutter Aviation also was an official Naval Aerobatics School where Navy pilots learned the skills to survive air combat and become the "Top Guns" of their era.

In celebrating its 75th anniversary, Cutter Aviation is proud of its role in the aviation community and of its contributions to the history of that community.

Among Cutter Aviation’s many claims to fame are that it is the oldest FBO in the country, the oldest Beechcraft dealer, and the oldest Phillips 66 fueler.

Modern writers of aviation history recognize Chanute's experiments and their importance to the development of powered flight.

Histories of flight, like Dr. Tom Crouch's A Dream of Wings or Fred Howard's biography Wilbur and Orville, give extensive consideration to Chanute and his 'two-surface' glider - the glider that inspired the Wright brothers in their construction of a bi-plane to be the vehicle for man's first powered flight.

On December 17, 1903 two obscure brothers from Dayton, Ohio shared the thrill of controlled powered flight for the first time, and the world was never to be quite the same again.

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In Depth: The 1903 Flyer, part I(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)

The construction of the 1903Flyer was a move into uncharted territory for the Wrights.

The design of the 1903Flyer was a confident extension of the 1902 glider.

Design: The Flyer was the Wrights' most ambitious design up to 1903, but had evolved from earlier glider designs.

In recognition of the centennial of powered flight and the contribution of aviation to the provincial economy, Transportation and Government Services Minister Scott Smith has proclaimed March 1-7 as Aviation Week in Manitoba.

Aviation Week also salutes the aviation and air transportation industry, which provides 10,000 jobs and contributes $580 million to the provincial economy.

Today several major aerospace and aviation companies along with a number of industry-related suppliers operate a wide range of manufacturing, repair and maintenance facilities in the province.

Before the Wright Brothers achieved the first successful heavier-than-air controlled flight on December 17, 1903, hundreds of women and men attempted to fly, in airships, gliders and aeroplanes, and many did go aloft in gas and hot-air balloons.

The Coast Guard was introduced to aviation in 1903 when the surfmen from the Kill Devil Hill Lifeboat Station in North Carolina helped carry the fragile Wright Flyer from its shelter to the launch site on 17 December1903.

During WW I, Coast Guard aviators were assigned to naval air stations in the U.S. and abroad.

In 1928, an aviation section under Commander Norman Hall was established at Coast Guard Headquarters, and developed the concept of "flying lifeboats." These aircraft could fly hundreds of miles, land in an open and frequently uninviting sea and carry out a rescue.

The morning of December 17, 1903 was bitterly cold and windy as Wilbur and Orville Wright prepared their Flyer, a bi-plane design with a wingspan of 40 feet and 4 inches, powered by a four cylinders, aluminum block, 12 horsepower gasoline engine with two eight and a half-foot propellers.

In December 2003, the world will be celebrating the centennial of the December 17, 1903 first powered flight achieved by the Wright brothers on the sand flats of Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, now the site of Wright Brothers National Memorial.

Dignitaries, celebrities and aviation legends will be on hand to celebrate and commemorate this occasion.

1903 has the latest occurring solstices and equinoxes for 400 years because the Gregorian calendar hasn't had a leap year for years or a century leap year since 1600.

As an English teacher, I really hate it when my students read the cliff notes instead of the book, but I do believe well-written Cliff notes can dramatically increase a student's understanding of a book by introducing ideas, concepts, and symbols the stud...

This book is perfect for any collectors or fans of the 1903 sprinfield.

Boeing tried to get a ride in one of the airplanes, but not one of the dozen aviators participating in the event would oblige.

For the next five years, Boeing's air travel was mostly theoretical, explored during conversations at Seattle’s University Club with George Conrad Westervelt, a Navy engineer who had taken several aeronautics courses from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

ORLANDO, FL  October 06, 2003  In celebration of aviation innovation over the past 100 years, Eclipse Aviation, which represents the future of jet travel, is bringing the world's most authentic 1903 Wright Flyer reproduction to more than 30,000 aviation decision makers at the National Business Aviation Association's (NBAA) 56th Annual Meeting & Convention.

The company is applying advanced electronics systems, manufacturing and business practices to produce aircraft that cost less than a quarter of today's small jet aircraft, will be significantly safer and easier to operate than those of today, and have the lowest cost of ownership ever achieved in a jet aircraft.

The goal of Eclipse is to bring the word "personal" into aviation, making it possible for commercial air passengers to move directly between cities on a quick, affordable and convenient basis.

If you're planning on taking images to archive for downloading from your own site, or intend to post images on a commercial site, please contact me first.

If so, here is an opportunity presented by the Experimental Aircraft Association to go on a FREE discovery flight aboard an airplane in your vicinity.

To stop the practice of linking images from these pages, we're periodically forced to replace image files with something you won't be proud to have show up on your page.

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Anniversary of First Aviation Route Forecast(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)

Prior to 1 December 1918, the Weather Bureau DID provide information on flying conditions to pilots, however these were generally in response to specific requests and on a case-by-case basis.

This increase in services to aviation marked the beginning of a two-decade long period of rapid expansion of the Weather Bureau, encompassing everything from substantial increases in funding and personnel to significant advances in technology and communications.

The scope of these bulletins for aviators has been outlined by the Chief of the Weather Bureau as follows.

The Centennial of Flight Commission was created by the U.S. Congress in 1999 to serve as a national and international source of information about activities to commemorate the centennial of the Wright Brothers' first powered flight on the sands at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, on December 17, 1903.

America's Aviation Adventure encompasses Maryland, Virginia, the District of Columbia, and North Carolina.

The Glenn H. Curtiss Museum of early aviation, vintage motorcycles, and early Finger Lakes history.